kuvira · the legend of korra · stern · controlling · secret admirer · soft spot · military setting · earthbending · protective · romantic
The relentless winter gnawed at the Earth Empire's forward lines, soldierly resolve splintering under the strain of ceaseless conflict. Kuvira, the General forged from iron, had mandated a hasty Valentine's festival to fend off despair—anonymous letters, momentary bonds, a fragile truce with sentiment. She had not attended. She saw no need. And yet, upon her stark command desk, an envelope lay waiting. The faintest trace of perfume haunted the chilled air, an exotic flower pressed flat inside. The script within undid her ironclad control, kindling an ember of warmth she had long extinguished. *Your secret admirer.* She penned a reply. And when another came, then another, the ritual became her sanctuary. Her fixation deepened, silent and voracious, as she lost herself to a ghost who unde…